Research and Education in Robotics -- EUROBOT 2008

This volume contains the accepted papers presented during the International Conference on Research and Education in Robotics - EUROBOT Conference 2008, held in Heidelberg, Germany, May 22 24, 2008. The EUROBOT C- ference 2008 was accompanied by the international amateur robotics contest EUROBOTopen ?nal, edition 2008. The success of both events convinced the EUROBOT Association Executive Committee of the conference s value. A fundamental aspect of EUROBOT is the promotion of science and te- nology among young students and researchers. Every year, a new theme for the roboticcupispublished.Thus,participantsarerequiredtobuildcompletelynew robots each year. Thethemefor2008was MissiontoMars. Thisresultedininterestingrobots as well as interesting papers for the conference. Posters about all competing robots were presented by the teams. There were 54 teams from 26 di?erent countries participating with their robots. In addition to the paper and poster presentations, there were three invited talks: Atsuo Takanishi, Waseda University, Japan, whose talk was about - manoid Robotics and Its Applications . Oussama Khatib, Stanford University, USA, gave a talk about Human- Centered Robotics . Vice-presidentofEUROBOTAssociationJacquesBallyandSecretaryDavid Obdrzalek informed the attendees about EUROBOT in general. The main program consisted of 33 selected regular papers, some of which are published in this Springer CCIS series. The selected papers were carefully reviewed by at least three Program Committee members and the ?nal decision was made by the Session Chairs.

Inhalt
Adaptive Robot to Person Encounter by Motion Patterns.- Design of Multi-segment Humanoid Robot Foot.- Software-Hardware Mapping in a Robot Design.- The Huggable Robot Probo, a Multi-disciplinary Research Platform.- Comparison of PID and Fuzzy Logic Controllers in Humanoid Robot Control of Small Disturbances.- A Java-Based Framework for the Programming of Distributed Systems for Mobile Robots.- Wheeeler Hypermobile Robot.- The qfix Robot Kits.- Pilot Study of Person Robot Interaction in a Public Transit Space.- A Mobile Robot for EUROBOT Mars Challenge.- The Fly Algorithm for Robot Navigation.- Scarabaeus: A Walking Robot Applicable to Sample Return Missions.- Cybertech Robotic Competition.- Robotics Exhibits for Science Centres. Some Prototypes.- Quantitative Cognitics and Agility Requirements in the Design of Cooperating Robots.- Assembly of Fuel Cells and Stacks with Robots.- Grape Graphical Robot Programming for Beginners.- Robotic Exploration of Planetary Surfaces Rover Technologies Developed for Space Exploration.